PIGMY TALINUM
Dictionary entry overview: What does pigmy talinum mean? • PIGMY TALINUM (noun)
The noun PIGMY TALINUM has 1 sense:
1. low plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground; southwestern United States
Familiarity information: PIGMY TALINUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PIGMY TALINUM (noun)
Meaning:
Low plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground; southwestern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
pigmy talinum; Talinum brevifolium
Hypernyms ("pigmy talinum" is a kind of...):
flame flower; flame-flower; flameflower; Talinum aurantiacum (plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots)
Holonyms ("pigmy talinum" is a member of...):
genus Talinum; Talinum (genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs)
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